Are you a real lady?

Must hope your name is short for Charlene…

And you call my posts long and boring…

What is it about?

(Charlie, just skip to this post)

^What he said!

Part two (didn’t notice it had gone on to a second page!)

My jibes are partly in fun, Trump and he knows that!:) But depending on the mood, and also because I am often on phone or tablet, very long posts just get lost….:)

(I didn’t know that. Took it all to heart, I did…sniff!)
Ah, those with small screens. I was told that size didn’t matter, but some disagree. I understand, but it won’t change me – I will not be changed!!!

If you ride a Cycle on a public highway you should also be subject to the laws of the Road Traffic Act, or are you saying they have freedom to do what ever they wish? I’ll tell you what, go ride down a Motorway and see how far you get.
If a Cyclist is seen breaking the law in regards to the Road Traffic Act, he should be stopped and charged / fined under that law. If he has a current driving licence issued under that law, then points should be added to it, as they would be issued if they were driving a car etc, if he does not have a licence, points should be awarded and added to any future licence, such as happens when driving without a Car, Motorcycle licence etc. Perhaps a licence plate is needed, one that is linked to a Cycle Road tax.

But, nevertheless, if you are banned from driving for being drunk in charge you are not banned from riding a bicycle – that is my point and you know it.
How many school boys have the potential to be banned from driving before they even reach the age at which they could learn to drive, because they got caught cycling on a footpath several times when aged 12? The kind of kids who have no regard for cycling through prams and pedestrians on a pavement will just stick two fingers up to the law and (probably) drive illegally anyway.

No, I don’t ride a cycle, and those who do really **** me off…

Ok. We get the message – people who ride cycles are the scum of the earth and should die a painful and lingering death for your personal pleasure. Now wipe the spittle off your monitor and move on with your life.
I’ve read some rabid rants in my time and this one is just another one to chuckle at – do you not realise that the world is made up of different people who all have a place in it? Some will be pleasant and others unpleasant; some will leave the lid off the tooth paste, some beg a pardon for burping in an empty room, and some will ride bicycles.
From your outburst I believe I have formed an opinion about you and your view of the world. Please post something that will prove me wrong…

Some of the objections raised by members are rightly based on the selfish and inconsiderate behaviour of what are known as ‘lycra louts’. How do we change that ? It begins in the cradle.

Actually I’m not sure anybody has taken offense at the more dedicated cyclist; the chances are that it’s more likely to be the two wheeled equivalent of a chav… There will be more than a few here who would be in favour of some sort of electroshock therapy applied straight from the cradle for just about any change to happen…

Snafu.

I agree with many of your comments but, there is a vein of negativity.

Not reality, then?

Given that cycling is on the increase, how do we try to ensure that this activity is lawful, responsible and demonstrates consideration for other road users ? One thing is clear, cycling, to be safe and therefore to prosper, has to be separated from other road traffic.

Where?
You might live in the countryside where lots of money could be thrown at the problem to make it work (just don’t ask where the money will come from), but what about in the crowded city? Would you knock down some houses to make room for a cycle path?
To be honest most roads in the UK are perfect safe for all road users, provided all understand that a road is not exclusively there for their own use – which is usually the problem. Everyone is an idiot and should be treated like one, but those who refuse to be treated as idiots cause the problems – they are much too good to have to share the road with other cars/cycles/pedestrians/horses/tractors/caravans/roadworks/etc. Should we pander to these greedy people just because they cannot share? Safety concerns might say we should, but in practice this won’t happen because Britain is a small island, there just isn’t the room to expand the roads or separate the potential users, there just isn’t the money and never will be.
So drivers need to learn to share their road with other users, other users need to learn to be respectful of other users (including cars), and everyone should remember that the human body is a fragile thing and endeavour not to damage it.

I don’t like helmets and would stop cycling were they to be made compulsory. I recognise their value, like car seat belts but, would not support compulsion.

My late grandmother had a friend who apparently burned to death in a car crash because she wore a seat belt, and granny refused to wear one for that reason; later she broke her nose when the car she was a passenger in pulled up sharply.
I doubt the helmet will be made law, but do you wear a seatbelt?

As an occasional cyclist…I do not have an axe to grind either way !

Bloody liberal. Get an opinion damnit!

I only ride off road but occasionally have to venture onto short stretches of road,if I consider the road too dangerous I will ride on the pavement,but always considerate of pedestrians.

Still against the law, except on designated paths.
Just remembered that one of the PCSO’s last night asked me ‘what if car drivers did it too?’ when we ‘chatted’ about cycling on the pavement (they really needed to be kept away from the public!).

As I and others have previously posted – there is now quite a bit of ‘shared’ pavement and it is only a case of using common sense and courtesy.
However I do agree that many cyclists are totally oblivious to other road users/pedestrians and do not seem to have any common sense !!

There is good and bad in all of us, mostly. There are good cyclists and (gasp) bad motorists. Yes, some cyclists will eat your offspring without hesitation, and some drivers refuse to indicate at roundabouts, drive very aggressively and speed through town (they are known as ‘taxi drivers’). Whether they have a licence or not will make no difference about the kind of person they are, lets face it – some of those bad cyclists must be drivers as well, yet they still do what they do

I used to have dealings with a couple of PCSOs who were great guys and well regarded by their non-part time colleagues – one was a former prison guard and the other, I was given to believe, had been in the special forces during the invasion of Iraq (as in he never admitted to anything but did mention stuff like watching Saddam’s boys burying the aircraft from a hide). They both gave the impression of having real authority (which PCSO’s don’t) but without the need to demonstrate it, rather finding an easy path around a problem for all concerned. Other PCSO’s were sent out to check that street or traffic lights were working, or to keep a running total on the number of traffic cones at roadworks to make sure none had been stolen overnight…

Charlie, I have no doubt what so ever that you do read my posts otherwise you’d think you’d missed something.;o)

Or better still, go home to their roots, wherever that may be.

Is this something about dying your hair?

Personally I enjoyed Muffin The Mule

Moggy

(Counting down ….. )

Ok, I’ll do it then…

Moggy, don’t you know you can get up to seven years in chokie for that? ;o)

Those programmes were of their time. Today’s kids have different amusements. You can’t re-invent that stuff, a big part of it’s charm was its amateur nature-try to update it and you lose the magic.
As for Alf Garnet and the like-good riddance to bad rubbish.

You can’t reinvent it, but why do they have to remake it?
And I was never all that keen on the Alf Garnet stuff – it wasn’t all that far from the Royle Family, which I wasn’t a fan of either.

On the odd occasions I have caught a glimpse of childrens TV nowadays my thoughts have been, why are all the presenters so childish and excitable.

Rather like kids who have been force-fed sweets with high levels of E-numbers like lab rats, in fact?
I was shocked one day to listen to D!ck and Dom whilst doing something else, discovering how scatological and puerile their material was: apparently they now want to be taken seriously!

Every American I know pronounces it “Root 66” not Rowt 66……

Due to the influence of Bobby Troup’s composition…;o)